Solar 1 owner bankrupt; Crew get 'last salary' this December By Ronilo Pamonag Sunshine Maritime Development Corporation, the owner of the sunken tanker M/T Solar 1, has been rendered 'virtually bankrupt' by the oil spill in Guimaras. Cops face blank wall on Cocolife robbery By Erly Garcia Authorities are still facing a blank wall as to the identities of the culprits who carted away at least P200,000 from Cocolife Insurance Company in Jalandoni St., Iloilo City last Sunday night.

A.Chris Fernandez/File A huge portion of the Iloilo Central Market is already dilapidated and needs total rehabilitation. No funds yet for rehabilitation of Central Market By Maricar Calubiran The city government only got P1,250,000 of the total amount pledged by Senator Mar Roxas for the rehabilitation of the Iloilo Central Market. This was clarified by City Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday after some market vendors questioned where the money went.

ILOILO NEWS

Immigration lawyer writes for TNT

Starting this issue a new columnist will grace the pages of The News Today. Specializing on US Immigration Law, Atty. Khoa D. Bui will write on US Immigration issues, especially concerning common problems experienced by Filipino immigrants, in his column "Immigration Connection" which will initially come out twice a month.

Ilongga lawyer of rape victim slams govt on 'special treatment' of convicted US marine

Ilongga lawyer Evelyn Ursua is furious over what she said was the special treatment accorded by the government to rape convict, United States Marine soldier, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith.

Man killed by raging carabao

A farmer was killed by an irate carabao following a freak attack in Passi City.

IOPCF assures payments for all oil spill victims

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Deputy Director/Technical Advisor Joe Nichols assured that the organization will pay "at all cost" the oil spill victims in all affected areas in the island-province of Guimaras.

PANAY NEWS

Perez okays 2006 tax code

San Jose, Antique--Gov. Sally Z. Perez has approved the Provincial Ordinance No. 2006-30, otherwise known as the 2006 Provincial Revenue Code, last December 15, 2006.

Endangered Ocean Sunfish dying due to 'sea mishap'

An endangered Ocean Sunfish washed ashore the Iloilo river is believed to be dying due to what Fishery officials said may have been caused by an accident at sea.

AFP to revive masterplan vs NPA, terrorists

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is coming up with a new masterplan aimed at defeating the country's various threat groups, including the communist New People's Army and the terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah.

Christmas bonus for local government employees assured

Employees of local government units (LGUs) nationwide will receive soon Christmas bonuses which their counterparts in the national government began receiving last week.

COLUMNS

Polibiz Unsung heroes By Nelson Robles     Anything Under the Sun The other side of Graciano Lopez Jaena By Atty. Rex Salvilla     Consumers Domain More of Raul's senselessness By Ian Seruelo     Without the Whitecoat Back to the CROSS... the missing link By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

Bridging the gap Post-war advertisements in Iloilo City (1) By Prof. Henry Funtecha     Accents "I'm leaving on a jet plane…" (3) By Julia Carreon-Lagoc     Serendipity Dumb x 3 By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan     Unusual Channel Never ending story By Ma. Renette B. Uy

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